Members under the age of 21 benefit from half price flying and launching charges and heavily discounted membership rates.

Except on holiday courses (where instruction is included in the course fee), instruction is free to all club members, and those under 21 benefit from half price flying charges and discounted membership

Other flying and non-flying activities and facilities are paid for by members and visitors as and when they are used.

holiday course fees cover our two professional instructors’ salaries and the cost of maintaining the club’s aircraft for course members’ use.

charges for our accommodation and in the bar are set to cover costs and return a small profit to the club.

Additional notes on flying chargesLaunches
done before 10am are charged at half
price (trial lessons and flying
by under 21s excepted)

Simulated cable breaks are charged at half price if the landing
is immediately straight ahead.

The Fleet

We maintain a modern and well equiped fleet of two
and single seat gliders. They are:One ASK21 - Training 2 seater
- one recently overhauled and re-gelledOne ASK23 - Single seater version of ASK21, recently re-gelled and overhauled - simple progression to solo
One ASK13 - Training 2 seater - great for spin
trainingOne ASK8 - Fun and cheap to flyTwin Astir two seat
trainer for advanced solo training, cross country exercises, solo and mutual flying and cross country One DiscusB- high performance single seater competition ready Falke 2000 motor glider available for NavEx and field landing exercises

Our launch system comprises:Knox 2000 8.2 ltr and Skylaunch Retrieve
Winch System - 2 main and 2 retrieve
so no down time - 20 launches an hour capability3 landrovers for glider moving and general use on the airfield A Range Rover for towing the winches A mobile Launch Point vehicle with heating and refreshment facilitiesBungee Launches - the only club
in Europe, maybe the world, still regularly bungee launching into
minimum 20kt westerly

We Accept Credit Cards

Members
may pay all their subscriptions, launch and flying
fees, as well as overnight accomodation by credit
card